Azacca IPA | Founders Brewing Company

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Notes / Commercial Description:
Named for the Haitian god of agriculture, the Azacca hop boasts intense, tropical fruit notes. Azacca IPA includes a touch of caramel malt to provide a sweet backbone to the citrus, mango and orchard fruit notes in this 7% ABV, 70 IBUs beer. The label artwork symbolizes the god of agriculture watching over a field where the ingredients used to make the beer are being grown.

With the middle palate opening to the hops, its malt presence relaxes slightly but remains caramel-rich with hints of cracker-jacks candy. And the wafts of ripe fruit begin with a bold citrus tone of grapefruit, orange and lemon and then quickly turn to canteloupe, mango, pineapple and then a bright herbal bitterness that's remiss of chive and fresh-cut grass.

Siding as much with amber ale as of IPA, the medium-bodied ale retains a caramel and malty taste and texture to support the strong bitterness in finish. Drying but not absolute, the beer's closing arguments are sharp of citrus peel, grass and peppercorn with an aftertaste of candied citrus.

Picked up a 12 oz. single because Founders. One of the few breweries that deserves the benefit of the doubt every time, because they’ve earned it. So back to the Mango Magnifico re-make!

The pour is a warm orange, filtered. The nose is a delicate cornucopia of tropical fruits; I feel like inhaling too hard would make it disappear. Bubblegum & Orange Crush with a cola sweetness round things out. Nice & nicely different.

Poured from the bottle into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Bottled 12/14/2015.

Classic clarity and nearly looking perfect. Deep orange amber body, shimmering and clear, not quite crystal but with plentiful carbonation rising through the glass. It meets a classic thick rich off white head, rocking and three fingers tall with pill scattered lacing. Head bubbles manage to be a bit soapy looking as opposed to fine. Excellent looking brew.

Interesting hop angle. Subtle tropical notes with an airy quality. Malt has some soft chewy quality, faint toast but a nice sweet honeyed cararmel that isn't too large either. An interesting little bit of dank quality gets in as well.

Palate manages to keep things simple. Mildly juicy but also a bit grainy in the mid palate. Slight hints of lightly tropical mango but a bit watery backbone supporting it on the hop angle. Excellent lingering hop oils in a bit of pine and mild astringency for the aftertaste. Controlled and fun palate with an almost peppery sweetness mixing in to pull out the caramel like notes which are small.

Interesting hop, good usage in the beer but not really grabbing me with that much excitement. Decent solid brew.

Pours a very clear dark orange with a white head. Smells of hops, citrus, fruits, and malt. Tastes of caramel, sweet malt, citrus zest, slight tropical fruits, and pine. Medium in both body and carbonation. Overall a pretty good IPA.

Pours a cloudy dark amber with a 2 finger foamy off-white head. Lacing traces all over the glass. Smell is orange with slight mango. Taste is orange with burnt malt. Very slight tropical fruit notes. Bitterness is pretty harsh and overpowers the tropical flavors of the hops. Mouthfeel is slightly thicker than normal. High carbonation which leads to a higher perceived bitterness. Overall, pretty disappointed by this one. It's just way too malty and harsh. None of the things that make Azacca stand out are here.

I get a little mango here. Not a lot of bitter. Pretty well balanced. It is good and the 7% will sneak up on you. You can easily down a sizer of this and not have your palate burned out. Interesting brew, I would not seek it out again, but I am happily drinking it.

I've had this on draught before and when I saw the 15-pack in cans, I had to make the purchase. Poured into a Sam Adams Lager pint glass with a perfect topaz hue and an acceptable amount of head. The citrus, fruity taste hits you immediately and it doesn't get bumped out of order by a "too heavy" malt finish. This is truly one of the finest IPA's on the market. The so-called "West Coast" ales are bland compared to this...pour one and enjoy the acrobatics of Founders finest to entertain your taste buds

T: Flavor is very fruity hoppy with pineapple, orange, and heavy lime along with honeydew melon and a floral finish. Frankly not bitter enough as the caramel sweetness is a bit much but not overbearing but leaves a candied impression of all the hop flavors, begging for more bittering. No alcohol or yeast character.

Dark bronze with modest white head and thick lacing. Sweet aroma of tropical hops and malt.
Tropical taste up front gives way to distinctive spicy, herbal taste. Average body for the syle. Worth a try, but as a single hop, Azacca apparently isn't what I'm looking for.

Tastes very dry and earthy. As one of my guests once said to me, "this beer tastes like dirt." Thank you anonymous guest for that quote. I'm apologize for never catching your name.

Awesome mouthfeel going on. It feels like the sweetness of the malt and the dryness of the hops are going to war in your mouth. Eventually the mouth has a dry feeling but sweetness and bitterness when licking the lips.

Overall s pretty interesting beer. I figured this would rate low because most newer craft beer drinkers are familiar with two types of IPA styles. This is definitely different than a west coast citrusy IPA (stone enjoy by, ballast point sculpin) and an east coast floral/malty IPA (victory hop devil, bell's two hearted). I feel that for what it is, it is delicious and done right. Drink this one fresh.

Medium copper color with an off white head which is quite frothy and lasts awhile. Aroma is more malty than anything else, bready biscuity notes, with a slight berry aroma. Hops are missing in the aroma a bit, I haven't had Azacca hops yet and was hoping to get more from the aroma. The hops are far more present in the taste, high bitterness levels dominate. Toasted malt cuts through the bitterness a bit, but there isn't much sweetness. Medium-full mouthfeel with medium levels of carbonation. Finishes quite dry with bitterness lasting well into the aftertaste.

Taste on entry is hop forward with a burst of citrus that elevates the brew well above the heavy handed hopping sometimes found in IPAs. There is a brightness in the hopping that's quickly joined by a restrained caramel sweetness as if the two were melded in a symbiotic fashion at birth. There's complexity here with all the parts distinct yet fully integrated into a whole. Great balance all the way with lingering hop bitterness in the aftertaste that lasts not in a harsh way but shining brightly like a lamp in the darkness.

Medium-full texture with balancing carbonation.

This is a distinguished brew with great polish. Sometimes when I see a new to me IPA I reflexively think another ho-hum, but this one is an eye opener that awakes the senses and gives joy to the palate.

Bottled on 12/14/15.Pours into a standard pint a deep burnt orange with a very well defined extra sticky ever so slight off white head atop.An appetizing mix of juicy tangerine and sharp grapefruit-like hops standing out in the nose,very juicy and fruity.Slightly sharp and mildly "fizzy" in the mouth but as far as body goes it's where it should be for the style.Bright tangerine flavors with underlying and lingering grapefruit over top of a slightly sweet biscuit malt base.Another damn fine beer from the guys in GR,keep the single hop beers coming.

A- Pours a darker burnt orange, red with a moderate head that dies down fairly quickly.
S- Orange peel, zest, stone fruits.
T- Has more hop bite than the nose would suggest, but it works flawlessly with this azacca hop variety. Tastes like a liquid version of an orange and zest. Very good!
M- Medium carbonation and slightly drying.
D- A unique APA and one that I will.definitely buy more of!